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WEATHER. (U. S. Weathef‘Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy to partly cloudy tomorrow; little change in tempera- ture. Highest, 87, at 2:30 lowest, 68, at 6 a.m. toda; Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 tonight and p.m. yester- y. No. 30,036. post office, Entered as second class matt ‘Washington, D: CATHOLIC LEADER IN MEXICO FAGE SEDITION CHARGES Pastoral Letter Asks People to Seek Change in Con- stitution’s Clauses. CALLES SAYS BOYCOTT . SUPPORTERS WILL FAIL Declares Government Will Enforce Rules Against “Politically Am- bitious” Elements. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 26.—The de- partment of the interior has ordered an investigation of a pastoral letter issued yesterday under the signatures of archbishops and bishops. The letter announced that begin- ning next Sumday no priests would officiate at religious ceremonies in the Catholic churches throughout Mexico in view of the government’s intention 10 put into effect its new regulations of religious institutions. The letter said that efforts would be made to have the anti-religious pro- vision ‘of the constitution amended. It is the intention of the depart- ment of interior to determine if the pastoral letter violates the constitu- tion, May Arrest Signers. If it is determined there has been a violation the attorney general will | be notifled and he can cite the signers to the district court for examination or order their arrest if he concludes the facts justify such a step. President Calles in a lengthy state- ment to the newspaper predicts the failure of the economic _boycott against Mexico by the National League for the Defense of Religious Freedom. The President says the government will determine whether this propa- ganda was seditious. He declares that in view of the fact that the archbishop of Mexico City three times has made known his intention to oppose the constitution, the govern- ment cannot overlook the conditions. “It would be simple weakness if the government were indifferent to what might be a dangerous disturbance of the peace,” he paid. Pastors to Name Committees. It is announced that a committee of eight members of congregations will be appointed by the priest of each Catholic church to assume charge of the churches July 31 at midnight, when the priests cease their religious duties and retire from the churches under the instructions contained in the pastoral letter. The churches will remain open for wor- ship, but no priests will officiate. Another Catholic leader, Eugenio Alooor, president of the Association for Nocturnal Adoration, has been placed in jail. He is charged with supporting the economic boycott of the National League for the Defense of Religlous Freedom. One of the league's directors, Senor Viscarra, has been ordered held in custody for 72 hours pending an investigation. The authorities have released under bail of 5,000 pesos each Senor Garza, Senor Ceniceros Villareal and Senor Bustos, directors of the league. who were arrested last week charged with having signed the league’s boycott | manifesto. | Orders have been issued (o the judicial police of Mexico City and throughout the country to search residences where it is suspected sup- porters of the boycott and other movements opposing the religious regulations live. Labor to Back Government. The labor unions of the federal | district, all' of thich belong to the | Regional Confederation of Labor, at & meeting held to consider the re-| ligious situation announced their sup- | port of the government's program. A committee was appointed at the meeting to notify President Calles that the laborites were backing him in his policy of putting the religious } laws into effect. In his statement to the newspapers President Calles said: ““The purpose of the Catholic agita- tors will fail and will give definite evidence of their lack of strength, be- cause Mexican economic life is inde- pendent of groups of agitators, and neither industry nor commerce is.de- { their introduction in the Chamber on @h ¢ Lheni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ey o Star. Baturda; Sunday’s The only evening paper in Washington with the Asgociated Pres oci news service. ’s_Circulation, 88,468 Circulation, 103,069 X P) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1926—THIRTY 6 PAGES. DON JUAN RIANO RESIGNS POST AS SPANISH AMBASSADOR HER Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Confirms Talk of Retirement. Don Alejandro Padill Minister at Lisbon, to Succeed Him., Don Juan Riano, Spanish Ambassa- dor and dean of the Washington qiplo- matic corps, has reslgned his post here and will be succeeded by Don Alejandro Padilla, now Spanish Min- ister at Lisbon. The Spanish government has been advised by the State Department that the transfer of Senor Padilla here will be acceptable. & Reports that Senor Riano would be replaced have been in circulation for ::nmd;‘ lll"u!',t bu}: the circumstances ng up to the ch; ver ha et UL ange never have State Department officlals sald to- day they had no knowledge of the reason for Riano's retirement. Spanish embassy officials sald the Ambassador would return to Spain for duty as counselor of state. The time of his departure depends upon instructions from Madrid, they said. Senor Don Juan Riano Gayangos became dean of the diplomatic cm!pu on Jonuary 20, 1925, with the pres- entation to President Coolidge by the E DON JUAN RIANO. retiring French Ambassador, M. Jules J. Jusserand, of his letters of recall. His post of dean now passes to Baron de Cartier de Marchienne, the Belgian Ambasador. Senor Riano was the seventh Am- bassador to acquire the honor of be- coming dean of the corps and the first Ambassador to come to the United States from a nation which had been at war with this country during the lifetime of the envoy. He -also was (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) FRANC RECOVERS GROUND STEADILY Drops Below 40 to Dollar in Paris—Press Condemns Hostility to Americans. By the Associated Press. PA?R[S, July 26.—The franc today continued Saturday's upward move- ment. The first quotation on the dollar today was, 40.40 and on the pound sterling, 196.50. By noon the franc had receded past the 40 mark and was quoted at 38.92 to the dollar and 189.23 to the pound. Premier Poincare is faced with the herculean task of raising from 4,000, 000,000 to 5,000,000,000 france within the next 30 days. He met his minis- ters in cablnet council yesterday to talk it over. The premier's plans have not been divulged, but one thing appears cer- tain, “France must consent to re- newed financial sacrifices.” M. Poincare made no secret- of his opposition to foreign credits, if they can be avoided, and admitted that the situation of ‘the treasury as drawn by M. de Monzie, the financial minister, Wednesday was only a pale reflection of the actual state of affairs. The minister deferred announcing what they intended to do in the vay of financial redemption of the ranc, but discussed among them- selves several important points— first, no moratorium for national de- fense or short term treagury bonds: second, no funding; third, no ad- vance from the Bank of France on the 1926 taxes, Incréase in Taxes. The financial projects will not be definitely drafted until tomorrow morning, and will be referred to the finance committee immediately after that day. M. Poincare will urge that they must b voted before August 8. An increase in taxes, both direct and indirect, and a forced loan are regard- ed s forming the basis of the new government's plans. It is known that (Continued on Page 5, Column 6.) HURRICANE SIDESWIPES LOWER FLORIDA COAST No Damage Reported, But Radio Fails to Get Word From Bahamas, Believed”Hit. By the Associated Press., MIAMI, Fla., July 26.—A hurricane swept up out of“the Carribean Sea today, sideswiping the lower Florida east coast with a heavy wind travel- pendent upon those responsible for this ridiculou® economic boycott move- ment. *The virile forces of Mexico have ! always developed without allowing | themselves to be ‘led by those who | make use of religion for. exhlbhlun: purposes or profit. These virile ! forces, whether Catholics, Pmlesmntsl‘ or of any other religious denomina: | tion, will' not be affected by lhsi efforts of this evil-intentionéd group.” | “In order to form an opinion of | the present religious situation,” the president continued, “it is necessary to remember that Archbishop Mora Y Del Rio on three separate oceasions made public his intention of opposing the Mexican constitution. The gov- ernment could not overlook this he cause it would simply be weakness if the government were indifferent to what might be a dangerous disturb- ance of the public.peace. Does Not Plan New Laws. “What can the government of any count do,”” he asked, “when a mocial group, religious or otherwise, publicly rejects the fundamental laws, announces its intention to fight such laws, and incites the people to re- pudiate the constitution. My govern- ment can only demand strict obedi- ! ence of the constitution. i “We have had no need to pass new laws but merely to eniorce already existing legislation—the reform laws of more than 50 vears ugo, and the 1917 constitution—only issuing regu- ! lations establishing penalties. | “Such _establishment of penalties | is loglcally necessary; otherwise en- forcememt of the constitutional re- liglous clauses, which the clergy itselt admits it has been vielating, wonld be impossible. “We have prescribed penalties in accordance with the authority invested 1 i in us by congress. The penalties are not excessive and are -no different from ‘those fixed for violation of the constitution in all civilized countries. “The government has clearly stated that our conduct, whatever our phil Continued on Page 4, Column ) ing at beiween 40 and 50 miles an hour. N6 damage has been reported. The storm was believed to be the tropical disturbance which originated in the southern portion of the West Indies Friday and continued north- westerly, passing near Porto Rico, where vessels Saturday reported a wind velocity of 80 miles an hour, The section of coast felt the first blow soon after 8 o'clock, when the wind increased approximately 30 miles an_ hour before *9 o'clock. Meteorogolist R. W. Gray of the local weather bureau reported that the storm proceeded about 150 miles east of Miami in the region of the Bahama Islands. All efforts by the Tropical Radio Co.’'s station here to establish com- munication with Nassau today falled. Outbound vessels remained in port, while several other ships rode at anchor beyond Miami Beach await- ing storm developments before -con: tinuing their course or entering the harbor. MOODY MAINTAINS MAJORITY IN TEXAS . Leads Gov. . Ferguson by 112,000 and Whole Field by Margin of 3,555. By the Associated Press DALLAS, Tex.. July 26.—Dan Moody, Attorney General, maintained a majority of 8,555 over the field in the Democratic gubernatorial race when returns from 241 of the 252 counties i the State, including & complete, had been tabulated by the Texas election bureau this mern- ing. The vote then stood: Moody, 349,502; Ferguson, 236.568; Davidson, 104,049; Wilmans, 1,387; Zimmerman, 2231, and Johnston, 1,761 3 Moody ‘mtst maintain his majority to win the nomination, as Texas law provides a run-off primary shall be held if no candidate received a clear majority in the first primary. David- son, Houston business man, running third, had less than a Moody’s ‘total and less than haif of Gov. Ferguson’s. Moody’s brightened prospects for unoppesed nomination stimulated re- | newed conjecture today as to whether Mrs. Ferguson will execute her prom- ise to resign if Moody leads her by one vote in the first primary. Her offer was contingent on Moody's agreement fo resign as Attorney Gen- eral if she should lead him by 25,000 votes, and he accepted. Former Gov. James E. Ferguson, husband of the governor. in a state- ment Sunday, counseled their support- ers not to give up hope—not to con- cede anything. He sald he had been informed of “irregularities” and that the “law h Vit 1 1 as been viclated”"in the | {y i (vinces the right to make. their polling. Moody said, “There is_no doubt of the success of our catse,” and dis- claimed any “‘delu: that the result asserted, “the triumph of the principles of free government and democra€y in which the people of Texas beligt Vote To Be Canvassed. The vote will be canvassed by the State executive committees of the re- spective_ parties on August 9 to de- termine if a run-off primary will be necessary to select the Democratic gubernatorial nominee. Two minor State officers will go into the run-off. Gov. Ferguson and her husband were at the executive offices at Austin early today but declined to make any comment, They were in conference with Mrs. Ferguson's campaign man- ager and members of the Highway Commission. Davidson, one of the “big three” in the Democratic Governorship race, sent a message of congratulation to Moody and offered the support of him- self and his friends in cast of a run- off. The date of the runoff primary is August 28, in three Democratic congressional races there were close contests. The (Continued on Page 2. Column 8. ADMITS KILLING GIRLS. Mother Says She Tried to Commit Suicide’ With Ax After Act. . - WARSAW, ‘N. Y., July 26 (P —- Mrs. Ida Flint has confessed that she inflicted the wounds on her two young daughters. which - resulted - in their deaths Saturday, District - gttorney Greff announced today. After striking the children on their heads with an ax she tried to commit ;u‘ililge, using the same weapon, but ailed. Abolition of Poorho Institution Planned By the Associated Press. g DES MOINES, lowa, July 26.—An organized effort to.abolish the poor- house as an American institution will be launched as the result of an in- vestigation financed by a dozen frat- ernal organizations and the- United States Department of' Labor. Harry C. Evans of Des Moines, spe- cial commissioner of Secretary of Labor Davis, in a report made public today upon a two-year nation-wide survey of almshouses, recommends complete abolition of the prevailing county poorhouse system and the con- tinuance of its essential functions in a central home for the aged in edch Commonwealth. The present system, under which each county maintains a ssparate uses as American by Organizations stitution, is described in the report as ““the worst mismanaged public busi- ness in the world” and “the symbol of ‘humanity's degradations.” ‘The central home plan will be sub- mitted, together with a detailed report of the survey, to the annual conven- tion of American Fraternal Con- lgarelus at Buffalo, N. Y., on August The suggested plan. the report said, “would dignify the last days of the poor, give them a home rather than a mere lodging house, where now are kept not only the indigent but often the insane, the criminal and the feeble minded."” e —————— ‘»{Radio Programs—Page 18 third of | ONTARIDDRY LAW HTORY HARKED BYAANYGHANEE Wets Frequently Down, But Never Out, in Fight That Began in 1894. LIQUOR MAY BE DRUNK AT WILL IN ONE’S HOME English View That Domicile Is a Castle Causes Liberality in - Prohibition Act. ARTICLE II. BY BEN McKELWAY. Staft Correspondent of The Star. TORONTO, Ontario.—The Province of Ontarlo is an old battleground where the skeletons of many a good ar- gument for and against prohibition lie bleaching in the sun. And while the forces dedicated to smiting the Demon Rum are victorlous for the present in that they have succeeded n keep- ing this area dry—in fancy if not in fact—their opponents are not idle. Seldom a day passes but that the gun of some ardent. wet explodes with a thundering detonation which sends ic¥ chills up and down the backbones of the drys. But hardly has the echo died away before’ the drys rally to their posts and set down a standing barrage through which they dare the wets to advance. In other words. the lssue over pro- hibition here is far from dead. It has more lives than a cat. The drys maul it, smother it, feed it poison, stamp on it, then take it down to the shores of Lake Ontario and fling it far out into the deep. But while the splash may sound convincing, they've hardly finished shaking hands all around be- fore the thing comes back as good as new and asks for another fight. First Votes are Futile. government of Ontario was solving the liquor question. In that year, the premier of the province submitted the question of prohibition to a popular vote, with the result that 192,000 of the people voted for prohibition and 110,000 of them voted against it. But the government {s not bound to heed such a vote. There was no prohibi- tion. Six years later the sdme ques- tion was put to another vote, and pro- hibition won by a majority of 39,000, but there was no prohibition. In 1902 jthere was another referendum. Pro- hibition won by a majority of 96,000— : but still it didn’t mean anything. The votes, evidently, were simply put up as weather vanes and when a dry wind was found to be blowing, taken down again. In 1905 prohibition made some ad vances. The then premier prohibited sale of liquor to children, bartenders were made liable for ipfractions of the law, munieipal coungils were required | to submit local optfon by-laws at the request of 2 per.cent of the electorate; fines. for . selling liquor without a {license were goubled and other regula- | dons desigried to curb drinking in ‘es_were enacted. The idea some restriction was pref-, to sudden and absolute prohi- in 1914, the war came. Soldiers filled the streets of Canadian E‘(uwm and cities and after the day’'s | work getting ready to fight, they got drunk, as soldiers always have done. Canada put in force emergency prohibition law, which, in effect, gave own Jaws on prohibition, and two years later, in 1916, Ontario climbed up and took a front seat on the band wagon and passed a temperance law in company with every other Canadian province except Quebec. The law is { known as the O. T. A.—Ontario Tem- perance Act—and has been on the | statute books ever since. Ofher provinces have abandoned theirs, but Ontario clung to hers and has been amending it regularly. Situation is Unique. Ontario’'s temperance act was de- signed to prevent the sale of liquor ‘within the province. While the ques- tlon has never been judicially decided, it has been the theory that a federal or Dominion law transeends a pro- vincial law, and for that reason On- tario did not and has not sought to (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) COMMUNIST SPLIT THREATENS SOVIET Inner Councils of Party Violently Shaken by Dzerzhinsky’s Death and Zinovieff’s Dismissal. ated Press. W, July 26.—Grave differ- ences have arisen in the inner coun- clls of the Communist party which’ threaten to shake the whole organi- zation to its foundations. Scarcely /had the government and. | Communist circles recovered from ithe sudden death of Felix E. Dzer- zhinsky, chairman of the Supreme Council of National Economy, when another bomibshell feil in their midst {over the week end in the form of the expulsion of Gregory Zinovieff, once close assoclate of Nikolai Lenin, }fmm the Political Bureau, the Com- munist supreme seat of power, and the dismissal of M. Lashevitch as as- sistant commissar of war and alter- nate member of the Political Bureau. At a plenary sitting of the central executive committee Saturday night both men were accused by M. Stalin, the gulding spirit of the Communist, of attempting -to overthrow the ex- |isting. central executive committee by “{llegal methods and by secret meet- ings, proclamations and appeals.” One of these meetings was held re- cently in a forest near Moscow. "It is generally. agreed that the dismissal | of Zinovieff from the Political Bureau finishes the career of the stormy petrel of Soviet Russia. He still re. tains, however, the chairmanship of the Communist International, & posi- mwh‘nhm.h:lmg.bddtnt}: oongress Communf B As far back as 1894 the provincial | TEST FORFASTES FRE CONPANY W No. 9 Engine Gets Out of Quarters in 8.4 Seconds, No. 6 Truck, 10 seconds. The winner of The Star cup for the speediest fire engine company in ! the District of Columbia must show | some real speed. This was proved by No. 9 Engine Company, located on U street near Sixteenth street, | this morning. At the very outset of { the 1926 contest for the champion- | ship trophy. the men of No. 9 brought | in 8.4 seconds. Although this does not beat the | record time of 7.2 seconds hung iup by No. 23 Engine Company | llast year, which now . has | session of the cup, it will give the | | other engine companies in Washing- | ten a real mark to shoot at, and in- i eldentally it proves the right of the| Jocal fire department to claim nation- | al speed honors, since it again lowers i the best time a Baltimore company could produce by several seconds. Gets Out in 10 Seconds. No. 6 Truck Company, which won { the cup offered by the Merchants and i ManWifacturers Association last year {for the truck outfit answering an lalarm in the shortest time, estab- !lished a temporary new record for i this branch of the service of 10 sec- londs. To win the 1925 contest for No. 6 responded in eighi-sec onds, but it still offers the other com- | panies competition for the cup again | this year as 10 seconds is fast time | for_a_ long, ponderous truck. The judges, consisting of Battalion { Chief George O'Connor; W. W. Dean, ifire prevention engineer of the War i Department, and a reporter for The | Star; set out at 9 o'clock this morn- {ing and went first to the headquarters jof No. 9, which was one of the two | companies that tied for second plac 'last year. The men of ihe compan ]ahhough given no advance notice, were waiting and eager, and thei {engine had been ‘“tuned-uy’ to the { finest. degree of efficiency Balderson in Command. Lieut. O. R. Balderson was in com- | mand and Private ¥. R. Hager was | given the assignment In the driver's seat. The judge carefuly measured off 39 feet the apparatus must travel ! to pass its sill, at which point all officials have agreed the engine could | rightfully be declared under full speed to the scene of a fire, and at the word the big gong began to cry out an alarm from box 13. Hager had carefully measured the jumps from his place in the engine house to the driver's seat, and when the gong sounded he was off like a race horse. Another man leaped f the crank to turn the engine ov: and before the gong had completed the four movements necessary “to ‘sound “13” the motor, was roaring and every man was in his seat. With the numerals completed, Lieut. Balderson shouted: “Box 13! Go.” The big engine fairly leaped through the doors and flashed down the street. When-the stop watches were compared it was found that the first company to be tried had given everybody else the low time of 8 2-5 seconds to beat in order to win the cup. No. 2 engine company, quartered on Twelfth street above G street, came within a fifth of a second of equaling the mark, leaving its quarters mn 8 3-5 seconds. But it could not get up enough speed to tie. Five Others Tested. Five other engine companies were tested ‘during the morning, with the following records: No. 8, North Caro- linia avenue near Sixth street north- ieast, Lieut."J. Sullivan commanding, Pvt. R, G. Stead driving, 10 4-5 sec:. onds; No. 3, New Jersey avenue near D street, Capt. J. B. Simms command- ing, Pvt. J. P. Damskey driving, 13 3.5 seconds; No. 1, K street near Seyen- teenth street, Lieut. R. G. Anderson commanding, Pvt. R. A. Warfield driv- ing; 9 seconds; No. 28, Connecticut avenue near Porter street, Lieut. J. B. Dutton commanding, Pvt. W. R. Cryer driving, 10.1-5 seconds, and No. 20, Wisconsin atenue near Friendship, Sergt. C. Hanback commanding. Pvt. W. A. Walker driving, 9 second: Sergt. S. W. Ruffner was in com mand of No, 6 Truck during its test and Pvt. L. W. Fitton, who drove it to victory last year, was in the driv- er's seat. The only other truck com- pany tested thjs morning was No. 2, Twenty-second and M streets, com- manded by Capt. W. J. Garner. Pvt. J. T. Elliptt was driving. It took 1125 seconds to leave its quarters. . | | | | "~ | thelr engine out of its headquarters | | pos- | S “.‘ ;}:\‘.‘ . \\\ =\ = ROBERT T. LINCOLN. SCATTERED POULS FAVORED FOR D. . Fine Arts Body Declares Many Bathing Centers Should Be Provided. Aligning itself with the policy of the National Capital Planning Com- mission. the Commission of Fine Arts today announced its indorsement of a plar for scattered bathing pools in Washington, so situated that each will serve a populous section of the ity. Through H. P. Caemmerer, its secretary, the fine arts body made known its opposition to concentra- tion of municipal swimming facilities in East Potomac Park or in any other park where long distances will have to be covered by persons coming to the pools from remote sections of the city. The Nationad Capital Planning Commission at fts organization meeting several weeks ago, outlined a plan for construction of scattered pools rather than concentration of bathing facilities in one section. The Fine Arts Commission does not oppose construction of a bathing pool in East Potomac Park, or of another pool in section C, Anacostia Park, but favors enlargement of -the bathing peol. program to provide bathing facilities in every section of the city. Mr. Caemmerer explained that the commission does not view placing of bathing pools in existing public parks as necessary, but would so locate the pools as to serve the greatest number of people, regardiess of whether they are placed in parks or not. The commission has made an ex- haustive study of bathing pool con- struction, getting estimates .of cost and design from Lynchburg, Va., where an elaborate bathing plant re- cently has been completed. ‘The policy of establishing scattered pools, Mr. Caemmerer explained, is in line with modern thought on recrea- tion facilities, and will serve to re- lieve traffic congestion by spreading out the concentration of bathers and vehicles that would occur at one large bathing plant. Members of the commission feel, he. added, that while 50 oF Cove \ \ \ \\ | of the ®ullman Co., of late had been | e \ N W ROBERTT.LINCOLN | FOUND DEAD INBED Was President’s Only Son to Survive—Statesman and Pullman Co. Head. By the Associated Press. | MANCHESTER, Vt.. July 26—/ Robert T. Lincoln, only surviving son of President Abraham Lincoln, was| found dead in bed at his Summer home here today. His death was dis- | covered by servants who went to call him. Mr. Lincoln, who has served as Sec- | retary of War, Minister to Great Britain, and for years as president in feeble health. He would have been | 33 years old on August 1. According te custom, servants went | to call him at 9 a.m., and it was then | that his death was discovered. A phy- sician said that he had probably died some hours before. He came to Hildene, the Summer place that he | had made his home for a quarter of | a century, diiring the middle of last | May. Since then he had gone out | only once daily for an automobile | ride. He took his customary ride | yesterday. Daughter at Home. | One of his two daughters, Mrs. Charles Isham of New York, was at her Summer home' here. Two of his | three grandchildren, Mary Lincoln Beckwith and Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, the children of his other daughter, Mrs. F. E. Johnson of Washington, came to Hildene a few days ago. | He is survived also by his widow | and a third grandchild, Lincoln Isham | of New York City. Robert Todd Lincoln was present | at the assassination of two American Presidents, and within sound of the shots that mortally wounded a third When young Lincoln was gradu ated from Harvard in 1864, his father granted his request to enter the Army. As a captain and member of @&en. Grant's staff, he witnessed the fall of Petersburg and the surrender of Gen. Lee at Appomattox. Hurrying to Washington, the cap- tain arrived there on April 14, and gave his father the first definite news of the surrender. On the evening of the same day he was in Ford's Thea- ter when John Wilkes Booth shot and fatally wounded the President. Was Secretary of War. Later in life, Lincoin, although ad- verse to holding public office, became Secretary of War in President Gar- fleld's cabinet. He was supposed to accqmpany the Chief Executive on a ! trip to the New England States July 2, 1881, but a Jast minute develop- ment prevented. He went to the sta- tion to explain, arriving just as Gui- teau shot Garfleld. Lincoln was among the' many prominent men invited to the Buffalc exposition in 1901, and was nearb September 6, when Leon Czolgesz, an anarchist fired twice at President ‘Willilam McKinley from close range, one of the bullets causing the Ex-| ecutive's death eight days later. ! After this, Lincoln avoided public association with Presidents, and once, when a friend asked if he wouid at- tend a presidential function, he re- led: “No, I'm not going and they'd bet- ter not invite me, because there is a certain fatality about presidential functions when I.am present.” Robert was Abraham Lincoln's first child, born August 1, 1843, in Springfield, 11l. He not only was the eldest of five children, but he out- lived them all. Before attending Harvard, he was a student in the University of Illinois and Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H. ‘Wasghington should have a large pool located in Potomac Park, it should not be the only pool in the downtown area, nor should the Anacostia pool be the only one in the southeast sec- tion. Fire Rescue Held fast oh a couch by a piece of wire embedded in the muscles of his left arm, Harry White, 50-year-old elevator operator, was imprisoned in a novel fashion today. despite all ef- forts to free him, until the Fire De- partment rescue squad was called. ‘White, who Is a _heavy man, was visiting a friend, Harry Sousa, 452 Massachusetts avenue, and sleeping on a couch. Early today he rolled a:?er in mnnd ahhm link from e me couc] into the fleshy part of his left arm. Efforts of those in the o in Squad Frees Man Hooked To Couch by Wire Imbedded in Arm ‘was " a8 usual, Different From Father. Inheriting virtually none of the physical characteristics of his father, Lincoln also was' widely different in (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) vain. - Attempts were made to find a pair of wire cutters strong enough to cut the wire holding the sufferer fast. Finally the rescue squad was called from No. 1 station of the Fire Depart- ment, and with its equipment rushed | pose, i | agreed to refund their debts and are { likely, { to perform when he appeared. PRESDENT GALL CHLD T0 DIISS SSUE OVERDEBTS Disturbed at Reports From Abroad, He Summons Ex- Envoy and Observer. DENIES GIVING INTERVIEW ON TRADE AGREEMENTS Executive Studying Sitnation With Care—Approves Mellon's View of British Controversy. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. WHITE PINE CAMP, N. T., July 26.—There were indications hera today that foreign affairs are to occupy the President's immediate attention for the next few days, if not longer. It is un. derstood that reports of the situation in France as a result of the cabinet difficulties and the decline of the frane and the criticlsm in Great Britain fok lowing Secretary of the Treasury Mel lon's recent statement regarding the payment of debts to the United States are becoming a trifle disturbing. Not only has the President increased his correspondence with the State De- partment, but it was announced here today that he has sent for Richard Washburn Child, former Ambassador to Italy, to come to White Pine Camp for a conference. Mr. Child will arrive early tomovrow morning. He is looked upon as wi authority on the foreign situation 36 general, and it is expected he will b {m)le to assist the President in estima%pe the real attitude toward the United States in France, Italy and Great Britain. Mr. Child was American observer at Locarno when the pact which was supposed to usher in a new era of peace and hope in all Europe was agreed upon by the principal allied powers and Germany. Due to h perience abroad and the fact that retiring as Ambassador he has kept in close touch with affairs abroad, he is looked upon as being in a position to furnish the President with the true background of the situation in Europe Upholds Mellon’s Stand. Because of the developments abroad, the President has made it very app: ent that he considers it imcumbent upon him to apply himself to the forgign questions as they directly afféct this country. He indicates that even though he is up here in the mountains, far removed from the Capital, he intends to keep a close watch on the situation. It has been indicated by the President that he fully approves the decision by Secre tary Mellon not to continue the con with Great Britain as to use ans, feeling, as do Treasury officials, that this Government has established its case and that continued discussion back and forth over the Atlantic can accomplish no useful pur- especially since the British paying interest and amortization regu Jarly—something which the French. who are protesting much more vigor ously, have not yet undertaken. While the President is aware that attempts are being made topdiscredit America and Americans and to inspire an anti-American feeling in certain foreign countries, it is understood that he is very hopeful that nothing seri- ous will result, and that these efforts will soon disappear. It is thought however, that if these anti- American demonstrations continue the President may find it necessary to ex press his feelings in strong and un- mistakable language. Denies Authorizing Interview. It is learned up here that the State Department reports that as a result of the anti-American demonstrations, which are becoming so popular in France, there has been considerable of a falling off in applications for passports. President Coolidge today took occa- sion officially to deny that he had au- thorized an interview concerning our foreign debts and trade agreements, which alleged interview appeared in the Syracuse Herald yesterday morn ing under the signature of Edwin H O'Hara. Mr. O'Hara called at the executive office Saturday afternoon and was recevied by the President. The statement made public by the President today follows: “The Presi dent has made no statement and au- thorized no interview concerning our foreign debts or trade agreements. Any claim to the contrary is without foundation. He did remark to a social visitor that foreign debtors could pay their debts in part from foreign trade. He “has not mentioned trade agree- ments.” Edsel Ford will also be a guest to- morrow at White Pine Camp. He will arrive early in the morning aboard the Ford special car. It was explained that his coming is of no significance; his visit is of a purely social nature, it was said at the ex- ecutive office. There has been some speculation that sel Ford will likely discuss development of the Army and Navy and commercial avia {tion. Some hints have been made | that the leasing of Muscle Shoals will be among the subjects discussed. How- ever, the executive office said there is no basis for such speculation. Works Without Aides. President Coolidge again _today spent the entire forenoon at the ex- ecutive office in Paul Smiths. In fact he had an important and busy role Ever- | ett Sanders, his secretary, was absent because of iliness and E. T. Clark, his confidential secretary, had been called away because of the death of a rela- tive. With the assistance of Erwin Geiser, his _confidential stenographer; Patrick McKenna, chief usher at the executive offiice, and Jule§ Rodier, chief telegraph and telephone operator at the Summer White House, the | President carried on the work of the office. Before returning to his camp he stopped at Paul Smiths Hotel to Secretary Sanders. Maj. James | visi | ¥. Coupal, the President’s physician, | who is aitending Mr. Sanders, said | the latter’s condition, while not seri- ous, may compel him to stay away from his office for several days. The President was so busy with to the scene; a pair of electric wire cutters were put into play, and White was soon free. First the wire was cut between his arm and the couch. ‘Bhen a member of the squad deftly turned the hook- like wire and extricated {t. First ald rendered and White went to work running-elevgtors at a hotel. mail and the other routine work of his office and the consideration: of departmental and foreign matters to- day that he had little time to give h attention to the matter of selectin; a successor to Mr. Fenning as Com missioner. The President intimated (Continued on Page 4, Column 1)